Cedar Hills, Cedar Rapids, IA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cedar Hills

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Cedar Hills leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 66% of adults in Cedar Hills typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cedar Hills, ~40% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cedar Hills compares

Cedar Hills sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.

Cedar Hills runs about 33 points more Democratic than Iowa as a whole. Iowa leans Republican overall, while Cedar Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Cedar Hills. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+47) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (Even), a spread of about 46 points.

Why Cedar Hills leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cedar Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Cedar Hills votes against the grain of Iowa. Iowa leans Republican overall, while Cedar Hills runs about 33 points more Democratic.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cedar Hills, Cedar Rapids, IA sits above the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Cedar Hills looks the way it does

Turnout in Cedar Hills sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Iowa Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.